I wondered if anyone knew of anything written – on the web, in books or magazines – about the tracking ships ‘Rose Knot Victor’ and ‘Coastal Sentry Quebec’? They are mentioned in Chris Kraft and Gene Kranz’s books. Out of curiosity I was wondering about their history, equipment, life on board, fate etc?

Thanks for any pointers or info

Paul, UK

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Posts: 232From: Oxford, UKRegistered: Mar 2006

posted 08-31-2006 06:22 AM
There's some discussion about life onboard both ships in the JSC oral histories, from the interviews with the mission controllers who got shipped out there.

there's the following book but I haven't had a chance to read it (maybe in the Publication/Multimedia section someone can tell you what it is worth):

Splashdown: NASA and the Navy (Hardcover)by Don Blair "The seeds for this book were sown back in 1966 when I first stepped onto the hangar bay of the carrier USS Wasp in Boston..." (more)List Price: $44.95* Hardcover: 200 pages* Publisher: Turner Publishing Company (KY) (July 2004)* Language: English* ISBN: 1563119854Link amazon.com

posted 09-01-2006 05:09 PM
I checked my copy of "Splashdown - NASA and the Navy" and it does not address the tracking ships at all. Also checked Catchpole's "Project Mercury" and it mentions the tracking ships sporadically, has one picture of two of them at dock, but no more.